"I will use your power to capture Ayn Grant and free all players. With your powers, the capture will be smoother and more efficient than ever before, and the playthrough time will be shorter. ”

"I see, so you can use the power of the dragon to increase your efficiency."

"By the way, now, come with me to the headquarters of the Knights of the Blood Oath, bring the summoning dragon, and the commander wants to see you."

"The leader is Heathcliff."

"I see, Heathcliff would indeed be interested in my powers." And no one knew that Lilan was alive and had a will. They treat replays like weapons or something. No, I'm going to do that from now on.

"I'm going to use Lilan as a weapon to hunt bosses to capture Ayn Grant."

But at the same time, these people don't know that Lilan is getting smaller and smaller. Maybe it was someone from the Holy Dragon Alliance who told the Knights of Blood Oath about Ruilun when he turned back to his original form. Even if Lilan doesn't exist, it should work.

"I refuse, he's not here now, I have to listen to him first."

"There is no need for such a thing, if you are the owner of the dragon, it is normal for the dragon to do what the master tells you to do, even if you hear it, you will ignore it."

Ignore Lilan's opinion. Hearing these cold words, anger suddenly rose in my heart. After all, this man is using Lilan as a tool to hunt down the boss......

At this moment, Lilan, who had been silent until now, made a "voice".

"Don't ignore that"

Asuna, who was nervous, suddenly looked around suspiciously. It seems that the [voice] just now is not only me, but also Asuna.

"Your voice ...... just now"

"Come here"

Asuna looked at Lilan sitting at the table and frowned.

"What are these?"

"This is the demon of Lilan Kirito". This could be what you've been looking for.

"Is this voice yours?"

"Even so. And I'm the dragon who defeated the boss with Kirito. ”

Asuna looked at me with her arms folded.

"I see, your dragon is such a talking dragon."

"Yes, this guy has a will and a heart."

"Mind that? The inhabitants of this world have no such thing. The world is nothing more than a collection of digital data. Even your dragon is only digital data after all...... It's just a 3D model equipped with AI. So no matter how careful you are with me, I will not hate you and I will not get bored.

"Sure enough, this seems to be the general awareness of the players." Anything is ultimately just digital data, just a 3D model. No, I guess it's normal to think that way. In fact, before I met Lilan, I had no choice but to think like this.

"Maybe that's why Asuna's words and deeds seem to be similar to what I used to be." However, as if to break through such thoughts, Rairun roared.

"Don't just say things that shouldn't have been ignored"

"Shut up, I'm telling the truth, I don't know if you understand it that way."

"Get to know me again."

"Kirito, send him back. Never give in to this person's demands.

"That's what I thought from the beginning." We can't just use Lilan as a weapon to hunt bosses.

As far as I know, the deputy head of the Knights of the Blood Oath has denied Gelan's intentions and intends to use Gelan as a simple weapon to hunt down the boss.

"I can't say yes to such a person's request, and the first replay wasn't like that!"

"Deputy Commander. I'm not going to be spotted by the Knights of the Blood Oath, and I'm not going to use this guy as a tool of efficiency, as you said. At least I have no intention of getting involved in this kind of thing. ”

Asuna suddenly glared at me. I could see the anger burning in my eyes.

"You...... You know what you're talking about, if you join the Knights of the Blood Oath, your power will be recognized by more people, and your power will easily defeat the boss. If you join, the world will end sooner and the player will be able to return to reality sooner. You want to come back to reality sooner, or you want to bring other people back to reality quickly, you don't think so. ”

"Of course, I think so too." There are still 6,000 players in this world who want to be free. In order to fulfill that wish, I rushed to conquer it, and in the process, I gained a powerful power called Lilan.

At that time I thought about attacking him with Lilan's powers, but it was just to take down a boss, no, I just had a fight with Lilan and didn't realize that Lilan had the right idea. I know they have the heart, they may get tired and feel the same as we do. Most importantly, I was well aware that he had the will to say that he wanted to protect me and everyone else.

For the first time, I learned that Lilan's power should not be used vigorously, but with respect and understanding, and at the same time I understood that Lilan would be our true partner.

What Asuna means is that Lilan has no heart, and no matter how careless you are with him, you should use him as a tool.

"No, you might think so." Lilan is the only monster who understands us and talks to us like this, and yesterday Lilan came out. It's hard to imagine that Asuna would ever meet someone like Lilan, so it should be a no-brainer.

However, you should still be able to hear Lilan's words and understand what they are saying.

"I think so, a lot of the players here want to get back to reality as soon as possible. However, I think that for this reason, it is not right to treat a person with a heart hastily. World. ”

"I don't know what that means, there's no data in this world that has a heart for this game world. You know very well that the world is a game after all. ”

"Yes.

Asuna glared at Ryren with a disgruntled expression. Immediately after, Lilan's "voice" echoed in my head.

"Asuna, it doesn't seem to be going well. Why do you want to escape from this world so much? What's in the real world?

"Even if I tell you, you won't understand."

"Even if you can. I understand what you're saying, and I understand it. And to me, you look like a collar with a chain.

Asuna's eyes widened instantly, and she immediately retracted. It seems like he said something that would make him a star, but I don't know what part that is.

"Please don't say strange things.

"Is that all you look at me? I'm not just an acquaintance, I'm Kirito's partner."

"Then you better shut up, after all, this person is the only one who can move you, so I will only talk to this person."

"I told Kirito not to accede to your request. Even if Kirito agrees to your request, I have no intention of competing with you for efficiency.

"First of all, if you're in such a hurry, what will change?" It only temporarily sped up, but the result did not change in the slightest. If you're not good at it, you could end up with casualties.

"Don't tell me I'm in a hurry"

"Tell. Something has been chasing you. To escape it, I panicked like a sheep being chased by a wolf. There shouldn't be anyone chasing you here. ”

Asuna yelled at Rillen through gritted teeth.

"Don't preach to me! And you, just follow me! Join the Knights of the Blood Oath now and fight!! ”

I looked at Asuna's angry eyes, but in my heart, I thought Lilan was who he said she was. This way of getting angry is clearly a way to get angry in a hurry. No, deep down in this person's heart is not anger, but fear. As Lilan said, I'm angry because I'm afraid of something.

I don't know if it's because I'm with Lillan, but that's what I know. The man was not angry. I was scared, but I couldn't figure out how to make it spit out.

"It's best to ask him directly about this, but Asuna, who is boiling in her head right now, won't listen to me even if I tell her."

"My usual curiosity was activated, and I couldn't help but be curious, but I couldn't do anything about it for the time being." But I couldn't accept Asuna's request.

"I'm sorry, I can't accept your request. I'm sorry, I'm not even a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath, I'll only reach out to those who really have the Knights of the Blood Oath. "There's trouble. You are the strongest of Ayn Grant. It seems that these people, except for a quarter point, have no problem with ordinary attacks. So I can't accept their demands, neither Liland nor I will be the property of the Knights of the Blood Oath. If you want a strong person. Tell someone, Heathcliff, that I said this. ”

Asuna looked at me and Ruilun alternately, clenching her fists with all her might. However, he immediately withdrew his hand, turned and left, and left the store without saying a word.

At this moment, everyone in the store breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had come back to their senses. The sudden altercation between me and Asuna must have suffocated her.

"Well, did you repel it? I feel like it's going to attack again. ”

“…… That person is still haunting me. There seems to be no doubt about anything.

"I think so too.

"Someday, when we get in touch again, I'll ask her. That man must be suffering

"Ahh I understand. ”

After the conversation with Reran began, I turned my gaze back to the table, and then I remembered who I was talking to. I had an argument with Asuna halfway through, but I had been talking to Shino until then.

Shino looked at me and Zailan with wide eyes.

"Ah, I'm sorry Shino. I haven't ignored you for so long. ”

Shino was taken aback and shook her head.

"Oh, I'm sorry, this is a strategy or a game, I didn't understand it, so I didn't keep up."

"I'm sorry, I said something to Shiina, she didn't understand. However, we just talked a lot about things in this world, did you learn anything from our quarrels? ”

"As far as I know, there are people who are desperate to escape this world, there are people who try to use Lilan's power to escape, and Lilan can talk to us in this way. I don't know if you have a heart. ”

"That's how it feels. Or rather, you probably know. ”

"I almost get it. So, I'm wondering what you're going to do next, Kirito. If there is no one to argue, I think we should get back on track. ”

"yes, we were going to live on the 22nd floor." Now, I'm going to go to the 22nd floor.

"yes, okay, let's go to the 22nd floor now and see if there's a house there to buy."

Shino nodded and stood up, and Lei Run sat on my shoulder. I took the two of them out of the quiet shop and around the dirty town, and in the middle of it, some players who were worried about bringing dragons approached me, but I didn't care. , and move on.

Then, when we reached the transfer gate on the 50th floor, we were transferred to the 22nd floor.